CA$H FOR GOLD & JEWELLERY 905-337-0051 LONDON GOLD Upper Oakville Shopping Centre TM MAINTENANCE · TIRES · BRAKES OIL & FILTER · BATTERIES · ALIGNMENT SNA NEWSPAPER OF THE YEAR 2010 ontario's top newspaper - 2005-2008 Titans score gold Sports Life is better in the Quick Lane.TM oak-land.com 905-844-3273 A member of Metroland Media Group Ltd. Vol. 50 No. 70 "Using Communication To Build Better Communities" WEDNESDAY, JUNE 13, 2012 64 pages $1.00 (plus tax) Oakville inches toward heritage designation in the downtown By David Lea OAKVILLE BEAVER STAFF An examination into whether a portion of Downtown Oakville should be converted into a heritage conservation district is moving into its next phase. Town council voted unanimously Monday to endorse the proposed boundary of the potential district and directed Town staff to create a plan and guidelines outlining the rules residents and businesses in the area would have to follow with regard to altering their properties. The consultants for the Downtown Oakville Heritage Conservation District Study, Francine Landry which was recommended as part of the Strategic Action Plan for Downtown Oakville, have concluded the study area does have merit for the creation of a heritage district. Area resident Francine Landry said creating a Downtown Oakville heritage district is long overdue. She also said heritage areas, like the one she currently lives in, are essential to stopping Oakville's historical buildings from being torn down. "That's why we have heritage district designation. So we can go back and show our children and say, `This is where we started from'," said Landry. "We have a great gem here in Oakville. I would say it's the best town in Ontario and we have it because councillors like yourselves did that and people who came before us did that. I See Decision page 10 PHOTO COURTESY SUZANNE ALGAR DAYS GONE BY: The late Fred Oliver, former Town of Oakville police chief and later long-time Ward 2 councillor, peers into the rear Police swap stories of different era By David Lea OAKVILLE BEAVER STAFF About 40 former members of the original Town of Oakville Police Department gathered to reminisce and reconnect recently at a reunion. The event, held at the Burlington home of former Halton Police Chief Ean Algar and organized by his wife, Suzanne, as well as former Oakville District Commander Paul Cormier, his wife, Kathy and others, drew former police officers from as far away as New Brunswick. "It was a nice turnout," said Algar, who joined the Oakville Police Department in 1968. "It was interesting because we didn't have nametags. We thought everyone would recognize everyone else, but some of us have changed so much. There was a bit of, `I recognize you, but I don't recognize you.' It was kind of fun to go through it. Lots of memories and history were exchanged." The Oakville Police Department was amalgamated into Halton Regional Police Service in 1974. While other reunions for members of the Oakville Police Department have been held See Former page 12 seat of an old Town of Oakville police cruiser. Optimize Performance (Adults and Children) · Attention span is short · Difficulty organizing & completing work · also helpful for Asperger's · also Psycho-educational testing ADD Centre MacLachlan College Oakville's only IB World School, proudly offering the International Baccalaureate Primary Years Programme Pre-school to grade 12 · Call to inquire about applying for Sept. 2012 www.maclachlan.ca · 905-844-0372 · 337 Trafalgar Road, Oakville www.addcentre.com Neurofeedback and learning strategies can provide a lasting improvement. Co-author with Pediatrician William Sears of The A.D.D. Book: New Understandings, New Approaches to Parenting Your Child. Director: Lynda M. Thompson, Ph.D., 905-803-8066